title: Demonstrating the accuracy of an in-hospital ambulatory patient monitoring solution in measuring respiratory rate.
abstract: This paper presents clinical testing conducted to evaluate the accuracy of Aingeal, a wireless in-hospital patient monitor, in measuring respiration rate via impedance pneumography. Healthy volunteers were invited to simultaneously wear a CE Marked Aingeal vital signs monitor and a capnograph, the current gold standard in respiration rate measurement. During the test, participants were asked to undergo a series of defined breathing protocols which included normal breathing, paced breathing between 8-23 breaths per minute (bpm) and a recovery period following moderate exercise. Statistical analysis of the data collected shows a mean difference of -0.73, a standard deviation of 1.61, limits of agreement of -3.88 and +2.42 bpm and a P-value of 0.22. This testing demonstrates comparable performance of the Aingeal device in measuring respiration rate with a well-accepted and widely used alternative method.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hunniford
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Branagh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D019296:Capnography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D056152:Respiratory Rate